New restaurant raising money for fallen officer's family

Fuku donating profits to Officer Bruce St. Laurent's family

Fuku, a new restaurant in West Palm Beach on Clematis Street, spent its soft opening trying to raise money for fallen Jupiter Police officer Bruce St. Laurent.

St. Laurent was killed while blocking traffic for President Obama's motorcade Sunday in West Palm Beach.

Co-owner Eric Weinberger said it's the least they could do.

"To see the support that the community had surrounding this awful tragedy, we thought we should do something in his honor," said Weinberger.

Weinberger and his wife Meg lived in Jupiter for eight years and they remember seeing officer St. Laurent on the streets. Eric even remembers him trying to give him a ticket a time or two, but always thought of him as a wonderful man.

"He pulled me over a few times, yes he did," said Weinberger.

The restaurant will donate a portion of their Monday profits to the officer's family and it plans to have containers in the restaurant for donation the rest of the week.

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